so i just realized my main character just fell into bed with her love interest. Well he not even her love interest, i just needed her to get pregnant and he was there and good looking and smart.
so i am a college student and we tend to have loose morals but i feel like a 26 year old wouldn't have sex with some guy she meet three hours ago and is completely sober. i was writing the scene and realized she just walked back to his apartment knowing the were going to have sex and they hadn't even kissed yet.. this seemed tacky. o kay it didn't seem just tacky it seemed slutty. I know i am writing chick lit but is this appropriate for chick lit? or even for a functioning human ?eing
was does the forums of charleston think.
if it helps she from california.. she not southern. haha
oh the baby is a needed thing i written the rest of my 25k around her..
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Nov 17, 2009 - 18 12
Hahah, Beckaaaaa.... Yeah, that is extremely slutty. Even though I see this sort of think a lot in chick lit, I prefer for authors not to.
----------Why not just add some random 200 word scenes of them meeting up for a couple of weeks. Like, "The next day, we," "A few days later, we met up for coffee," etc. And then start off the scene with the smex with something like, "After only knowing him a couple of weeks, I felt like we had really bonded, and when he invited me back to his house, I accepted the invitation for what I knew it really was." Or something.
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Nov 17, 2009 - 18 30
Yeah, I agree it's on the wrong side of the moral spectrum, though if you absolutely must have her fall into bed for a one night stand, you'll have to give her a reason to do so. Maybe she was feeling depressed (no one every seems interested in her, etc.), got drunk, and when some guy showed some interest she just went along with it. It's not exactly the 'right thing to do,' but if it's a one time thing and she felt bad about it later, made a celibacy vow, etc. then she'll seem less slutty and more human, she made a mistake; it happens. And her angsting over it might give more opportunities for wordcount boosters. I'm not a chick-lit fan, so I'm not sure if this is something that happens in those types of books, but I hope it gets you thinking.
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Nov 17, 2009 - 18 45
I disagree. It doesn't make her a slut. It makes her a woman who made a choice for which there will be future repercussions, or consequences, if you will.
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Nov 17, 2009 - 18 50
so i just need to get her really drunk and then be bitter about it the rest of the novel....
sounds like a plan.
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Nov 17, 2009 - 18 53
i don't think you need to get her drunk & bitter. she could just get caught up in the "passion" of the moment, or maybe she's just had a crappy week and thinks she needs a good lay. LOL
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Nov 18, 2009 - 05 57
Hmmm, we obviously don't know the same people...
I think this is completely plausible, especially if the guy is hot and shows some interest in her and she has some low self esteem that day (or her whole life). Or if she has really high self esteem and this guy is hot and he shows some interest in her and she decides she wants a good roll in the hay. A lot of people don't see sex as a bad thing either way, so it wouldn't necessarily take a drunk whore to bed a guy she just met.
But if someone could get my high school characters to stop being drunk whores, that would be great. There's been no pancakes yet, but not for lack of them trying.
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06 31
I suggest taking Becka or tiffanyanne3's suggestions because they are closer to the age of your MC and probably understand that mentality better than me. But you'll have to consider how the baby came about; was it a broken condom, forgetting to take the pill, a really resilent sperm? (I'm assuming if she's completely sober she took some precautions) If it's the first two, she might suspect something (if she remembers she forgot) and take the pregnancy test as soon as possible. If it's the latter she might not realize until later.
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Nov 18, 2009 - 06 38
I agree that it isn't completely slutty but there is definitely some explanation needed as to how she wound up in this situation, especially if it is not in her character to normally do something like this. Sometimes people just need affection in their lives and they look for it in the wrong places, you might explore a theme like that :)
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